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10th Grade
01/28/2010

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Term
acrimonious
Definition
–adjective
caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc.: an acrimonious answer; an acrimonious dispute.
Term
arid
Definition
–adjective
1. being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
Term
candid
Definition
–adjective
1. frank; outspoken; open and sincere: a candid critic.
Term
edification
Definition
-noun
Intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement; enlightenment.
Term
expunge
Definition
-verb
to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate.
Term
mollified
Definition
–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
1. to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
Term
perpetual
Definition
–adjective
1. continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
Term
uncouth
Definition
–adjective
1. awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly: uncouth behavior; an uncouth relative who embarrasses the family.
Term
volition
Definition
-noun
1. the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
Term
venerable
Definition
-adj
1. commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character: a venerable member of Congress.
Term
caliber
Definition
–noun
1. the diameter of something of circular section, esp. that of the inside of a tube: a pipe of three-inch caliber.

3. degree of capacity or competence; ability: a mathematician of high caliber.
Term
carnal
Definition
–adjective
1. pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual: carnal pleasures.
2. not spiritual; merely human; temporal; worldly: a man of secular, rather carnal, leanings.
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